Álvaro Quirós

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Álvaro Quirós García (born 21 January 1983) is a Spanish professional golfer.

Quirós was born in Guadiaro, a borough of San Roque, Cádiz. He turned professional in 2004.

Professional career

Quirós played on the Challenge Tour in 2006, winning one tournament, and went on to earn his place on the European Tour for the 2007 season by finishing in the top 35 at final qualifying school. He won the first European Tour event he entered as a European Tour card-holder at the Alfred Dunhill Championship, played in South Africa.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/6166893.stm |title=Spaniard snatches Dunhill crown |publisher=BBC Sport |date=10 December 2006 |accessdate=9 April 2009}}

Quirós claimed his second European Tour win at the 2008 Portugal Masters, where he finished with birdies at both 17 and 18 on Sunday, to win by three strokes over Paul Lawrie.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/7679017.stm |title=Quiros storms to Portugal victory |publisher=BBC Sport |date=19 October 2008 |accessdate=9 April 2009}} He ended the season ranked 25th on the final Order of Merit. In January 2009, he won his third European Tour title, at the Commercialbank Qatar Masters, which moved him into the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/7849972.stm |title=Quiros clinches victory in Qatar |publisher=BBC Sport |date=25 January 2009 |accessdate=9 April 2009}} He ended the season ranked 20th on the inaugural Race to Dubai.

Quirós is noted for his length off the tee, and was the longest driver on the European Tour in 2006, 2007 and 2008, averaging nearly 310 yards.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/quiros-stakes-his-claim-1515237.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/quiros-stakes-his-claim-1515237.html |archive-date=2022-05-07 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Quiros stakes his claim |work=The Independent |date=25 January 2009 |accessdate=9 April 2009 | location=London | first=Peter | last=Anthony}}

In May 2010, Quirós won the 2010 Open de España by one shot.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8657362.stm |title=Foster wastes three-shot lead as Quiros wins in Spain |date=2 May 2010 |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=4 May 2010 }} He finished the season ranked 14th on the Order of Merit, his best finish to date.

Quirós continued his success in 2011. In February, Quiros won his fifth European Tour title, the Dubai Desert Classic. He defeated James Kingston and Anders Hansen by one stroke to take the title. During the final round, Quiros made a hole in one on the par-three 11th.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/9396303.stm |title=Alvaro Quiros hole-in-one wins Dubai Desert Classic |date=13 February 2011 |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=15 February 2011}} He also won the season ending Dubai World Championship to finish the season ranked 6th on the Order of Merit. He reached a career high of 21 in the Official World Golf Ranking after each of his two European Tour wins in 2011.

Since 2011 his best performances have been third place in the 2014 Volvo China Open and tied for fourth in the 2016 Omega Dubai Desert Classic. Quirós showed a return to form by winning the 2017 Rocco Forte Open in Sicily. Quirós had a 5-shot lead after three rounds and extended this by making four birdies in the first six holes of the final round. However, he then dropped six strokes in the last 10 holes to tie with South African Zander Lombard. In the playoff Lombard made a bogey at the second hole to give Quirós his seventh European Tour win. Quirós has started the event with a world ranking of 703.

Amateur wins

2004 Biarritz Cup (France)

Professional wins (9)

=European Tour wins (7)=

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! Legend

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| Tour Championships (1)

Other European Tour (6)

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!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of
victory!!Runner(s)-up

align=center|1

|align=right|10 Dec 2006
(2007 season)

|Alfred Dunhill Championship¹

|−13 (74-66-68-67=275)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Charl Schwartzel

align=center|2

|align=right|19 Oct 2008

|Portugal Masters

|−19 (66-68-67-68=269)

|3 strokes

|{{flagicon|SCO}} Paul Lawrie

align=center|3

|align=right|25 Jan 2009

|Commercialbank Qatar Masters

|−19 (69-67-64-69=269)

|3 strokes

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Louis Oosthuizen, {{flagicon|SWE}} Henrik Stenson

align=center|4

|align=right|2 May 2010

|Open de España

|−11 (68-72-67-70=277)

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|ENG}} James Morrison

align=center|5

|align=right|13 Feb 2011

|Omega Dubai Desert Classic

|−11 (73-68-68-68=277)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Anders Hansen, {{flagicon|ZAF}} James Kingston

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|align=center|6

|align=right|11 Dec 2011

|Dubai World Championship

|−19 (68-64-70-67=269)

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|SCO}} Paul Lawrie

align=center|7

|align=right|21 May 2017

|Rocco Forte Open

|−14 (63-64-70-73=270)

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Zander Lombard

¹Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

European Tour playoff record (2–0)

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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result

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|align=center|1

|2010

|Open de España

|{{flagicon|ENG}} James Morrison

|Won with par on first extra hole

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|align=center|2

|2017

|Rocco Forte Open

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Zander Lombard

|Won with par on second extra hole

=Challenge Tour wins (1)=

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!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of
victory!!Runner-up

align=center|1

|align=right|3 Jun 2006

|Morson International Pro-Am Challenge

|−13 (67-68-68-64=267)

|4 strokes

|{{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Pilkington

=Other wins (1)=

2006 Seville Open (Spain)

Results in major championships

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!Tournament !! 2009 !! 2010 !! 2011 !! 2012 !! 2013

align=left|Masters Tournament

|CUT

|T27

|CUT

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align=left|U.S. Open

|CUT

|T54

|CUT

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align=left|The Open Championship

|CUT

|T11

|CUT

align=left|PGA Championship

|T24

|CUT

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CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

=Summary=

Totals	0	0	0	0	0	2	17	4
class=wikitable style=text-align:center !Tournament !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top-5 !! Top-10 !! Top-25 !! Events !! Cuts made
align=left\|Masters Tournament	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
align=left\|U.S. Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
align=left\|The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
align=left\|PGA Championship	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1

Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (2011 Masters – 2011 U.S. Open)
Longest streak of top-10s – 0

Results in The Players Championship

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!Tournament

!2010!!2011!!2012

align=left|The Players Championship

|T66

|style="background:yellow;"|T6

|T40

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

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!Tournament!!2009!!2010!!2011!!2012

align="left"|Match Play

|R64

align="left"|Championship

|T13

|style="background:yellow;"|T6

|T64

|T57

align="left"|Invitational

|T15

|T39

|T53

|T43

align="left"|Champions

|style="background:yellow;"|T8

|T53

|T49

|T65

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur

European Boys' Team Championship (representing Spain): 2001{{cite web |title=European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association |date=19 October 2015 |url=http://www.ega-golf.ch/page/european-boys-team-championship |access-date=22 January 2023}}
European Youths' Team Championship (representing Spain): 2002, 2004{{cite web |url=http://www.ega-golf.ch/page/european-youths-team-championship |title=European Youths Team Championship |date=19 October 2015 |publisher=European Golf Association |access-date=20 September 2021}}
Eisenhower Trophy (representing Spain): 2004
European Amateur Team Championship (representing Spain): 2003 (winners){{cite web |url=http://www.ega-golf.ch/page/european-amateur-team-championship |title=European Amateur Team Championship |date=19 October 2015 |publisher=European Golf Association |accessdate=9 November 2020}}

Professional

Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2009
World Cup (representing Spain): 2011
Royal Trophy (representing Europe): 2013 (winners)

References

External links

[http://iamalvaro.com Álvaro Quirós'] Official website
{{EuroTour player|32704}}
{{OWGR|7886}}
[http://www.sportyard.com/alvaro-quiros Álvaro Quirós] at the [http://sportyard.com Sportyard] website

Category:Spanish male golfers

Category:European Tour golfers

Category:Sportspeople from San Roque, Cádiz

Category:1983 births

Category:Living people

Category:20th-century Spanish people

Category:21st-century Spanish sportsmen